#6B8BEE#6B8BEE

#6B8BEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.152 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B8BEE
RGB	rgb(107, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(225, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 16.97, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 56.04, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0039 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.152 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7235, 27.7618, 84.6119)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B8BEE #EECE6B

analogous

#6BCCEE #6B8BEE #8D6BEE

triadic

#6B8BEE #EE6B8B #8BEE6B

tetradic

#6B8BEE #EE6BCC #EECE6B #6BEE8D

square

#6B8BEE #EE6BCC #EECE6B #6BEE8D

split-complementary

#6B8BEE #EE8D6B #CCEE6B

monochromatic

#1742C8 #3460E8 #6B8BEE #A2B6F4 #D9E1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#6B8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#6B8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B8BEE

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B8BEE	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6196F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#518AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.152 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eacf4',
    500: '#6b8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b8bee;
$custom-light: #9eacf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.344,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65838,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B8BEE

secondary

#EFE5C6

accent

#A80ADC

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F4F4FD

border

#CECED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7F7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B8BEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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